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NCLEX Nutrition
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nclex
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health-sciences
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nursing
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health-fitness-nutrition
Instructions:
Answer 50 questions in 15 minutes.
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Match each statement with the correct term.
Don't refresh. All questions and answers are randomly picked and ordered every time you load a test.
This is a study tool. The 3 wrong answers for each question are randomly chosen from answers to other questions. So, you might find at times the answers obvious, but you will see it re-enforces your understanding as you take the test each time.
1. What water soluble vitamins are easily excreted from body?
B and C
dark green - orange - drybeans
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
2. Concentrated sources of energy poviding 9 calories/gram
low albumin levels < 3.4
fats
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
prealbumin levels
3. If inadequate amounts of protein can lead to this
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
cream cheese - cream or butter
carrots and sweet potatoes
atrophy or wasting of muscle
4. Good overall indicator of nutritional status becaUse of long half life and maintain until malnutrtion occurs
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
prealbumin levels
albumin levels
5. Where can you find good sources of vitamin K?
review of systems
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
liver and intestinal synthesis
500 cal/day
6. Where can you find good sources of vitamin E?
review of systems
dark green - orange - drybeans
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
decrease in total lymphocyte count
7. What function is vitamin A?
3 cups
one tspn salt or less
apple is higher risk than a pear
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
8. How many calories/gram is protein?
4 calories/gram
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
low albumin levels < 3.4
2.5 cups
9. What does DASH stand for?
dietary approach to stop hypertension
apple is higher risk than a pear
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
10. What are the 5 major functions of vitamins?
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
albumin levels
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
6 oz. a day
11. How much fruit is to be eaten/day?
protein and fat
18-25
2 cups
trans fatty acid
12. What type of fat is to kept to an all time low for consumption?
trans fatty acid
2.5 cups
protein and fat
vitamin C - citrus fruits
13. What is the function of vitamin C?
essential amino acids
can consume more calories without weight gain
one tspn salt or less
antioxidant - wound healing - hormone synth
14. What are healthy sources of fats?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
day week or month
hemorrhage
one tspn salt or less
15. Protein stores show short term changes of which lab value
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
prealbumin levels
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
dark green - orange - drybeans
16. What type of albumin levels will show malnutrtion?
one week period
low albumin levels < 3.4
diet recall
transferrin
17. Fats are needed for proper absorption of these vitamins
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
fat soluble vitamins
day week or month
albumin levels
18. How many cal/gram are carbohydrates?
4 calories/gram
trans fatty acid
milk - enriched grains
dietary approach to stop hypertension
19. This tool assesses each body system for nutrent excess or deficiency
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
protein
review of systems
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
20. Sources of fats
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
folic acid - orange juice - meat - green leafy veg
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
21. What is the function of vitamin E?
2 cups
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
antioxidant - immune function
4 calories/gram
22. How much more calories are needed for lactation?
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
500 cal/day
5.5 ounces/day
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
23. Promote normal metabolism - and prevent this nutrient from being used for energy
diet recall
rickets - osteomalacia
protein
apple is higher risk than a pear
24. What is RDA of protein?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
day week or month
albumin levels
vitamin C - citrus fruits
25. What is normal albumin levels?
3.5-5.5 grams/dL
carrots and sweet potatoes
TPN total parenteral nutrition
dark green - orange - drybeans
26. If a patient. was riboflavin B2 deficient what foods are good sources of B2?
day week or month
2 cups
milk - enriched grains
one week period
27. What foods are good sources of carbohydrates?
fruits - vegetables - milk and grains
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
can consume more calories without weight gain
diet recall
28. How much sodium may be consumed per day?
protein
can consume more calories without weight gain
pork - wheat germ - fortified cereals - Vitamin B1 thiamin deficient
one tspn salt or less
29. What type of people need extra protein?
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
essential amino acids
albumin levels
protein and fat
30. What is the recording tool for all foods/beverages consumed in last 24 hours includes time - location - portion?
0.8 grams/kg/day or 10%
cream cheese - cream or butter
diet recall
300 cal/day increase
31. Insufficient intake of carbohydrate results in these two nutrients being used as energy
rickets - osteomalacia
protein and fat
obesity - heart disease - and some cancer
TPN total parenteral nutrition
32. When does BMR increase?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
fats
protein
300 cal/day increase
33. What vitamin can helps with blood clotting?
vitamin K
atrophy or wasting of muscle
carrots and sweet potatoes
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
34. What lab value shows iron stores of visceral body protein?
2.5 cups
prealbumin levels
500 cal/day
transferrin
35. Name six sources of grains
fats
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
carrots and sweet potatoes
36. Food freqency questionnaire is used over this time period to track nutrients not consumed daily
vision - bone - tissue growth -immune and reproductive function
bread - pasta - oatmeal - cereal - tortilla - and grits
review of systems
day week or month
37. These cannot be synthesized by body and must be obtained by diet
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
animal products - egg yolk - organ meat - butter - cheese - vairous oils
vegetable oil - peanuts - margarine
essential amino acids
38. If protein stores become depleted which can neagatively affect immune system of which lab value
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
decrease in total lymphocyte count
antioxidant - immune function
carrots and sweet potatoes
39. What illness is a direct result of vitamin D deficiency?
carrots and sweet potatoes
trans fatty acid
apple is higher risk than a pear
rickets - osteomalacia
40. The higher the BMR a client has --
can consume more calories without weight gain
pregnant women or elderly
vitamin K
albumin levels
41. How long should a food record or journal is analyzed for nutrient content?
activity - stress - temperature - pregnancy - smoking - caffeine - growth spurts
5.5 ounces/day
rickets - osteomalacia
one week period
42. How much more calories are needed for pregnancy?
300 cal/day increase
one tspn salt or less
apple is higher risk than a pear
protein and fat
43. What clinical administration is used and checked by albumin - prealbumin - and transferrin and overall nutrtion?
review of systems
antioxidant - immune function
dark green - orange - drybeans
TPN total parenteral nutrition
44. What foods are needed for pellegra - dermatitis - diarrhea - and dementia?
protein
milk - enriched grains
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
2.5 cups
45. What orange vegetables are good to eat?
transferrin
oxygen consumption and rate of burned calories to determine exact caloric requirements
vitamin K
carrots and sweet potatoes
46. If fat intake is insufficient then expect these medical problems
3 cups
infection - skin lesion - amenorrhea and sensitive to cold environment
vitamin C - citrus fruits
vision - hormones - healing - collagen - and growth
47. What color vegetables are to be consumed more of?
hemoglobin
review of systems
vitamin K
dark green - orange - drybeans
48. Waist circumference correlates apple versus pear body type and reflects risk pattern for disease
trans fatty acid
infants - children - pregnant or lactating
apple is higher risk than a pear
niacin B3 - peanuts - legumes - enriched grains
49. What milk products are avoided in the pyramid and not a good supply of calcium?
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
day week or month
cream cheese - cream or butter
calcium/phophorus metabolism - PTH - kidney
50. How much vegetables are to be eaten per day?
4 calories/gram
fish - nuts and vegetable oils
2.5 cups
3 cups